Barrelville, MD is a small town located in Maryland. While it is not particularly large or heavily populated, it still has an important and active political scene. Local elections are held regularly to select representatives for the city government, with officials responsible for making decisions about how to manage the town’s resources and improve community services. These elected representatives come from both major parties as well as independent candidates, allowing local residents to make their voices heard in the decision-making process. Political debates often take place among these candidates, providing an open forum for civic engagement that helps keep the town informed and involved in its own governance. The town also holds events that allow all citizens to come together and share their views on local issues, helping ensure effective representation of the population's needs. All of this makes Barrelville an exciting and active place when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Barrelville, MD is strongly conservative.
Allegany County, MD is very conservative. In Allegany County, MD 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegany county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.2% to 29.9%.
Allegany county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Barrelville, MD is strongly conservative.
Allegany County, Maryland is very conservative.
Cumberland Metro Area is very conservative.
Maryland is very liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Barrelville, Maryland: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Barrelville, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $498 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)